Ezekiel 20:37

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַעֲבַרְתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑בֶט וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּמָסֹ֥רֶת הַבְּרִֽית׃

Transliteration

wəhaʿăḇartî ʾeṯḵem taḥaṯ haššāḇeṭ wəhēḇēʾṯî ʾeṯḵem bəmāsōreṯ habərîṯ

Grammar Details

*wəhaʿăḇartî*: conjunction + hiphil perfect, 1st singular - and I will cause to pass
*ʾeṯḵem*: direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix - you
*taḥaṯ*: preposition - under
*haššāḇeṭ*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the rod/staff
*wəhēḇēʾṯî*: conjunction + hiphil perfect, 1st singular - and I will bring
*bəmāsōreṯ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - in bond/discipline of
*habərîṯ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the covenant

Word Meanings

*wəhaʿăḇartî*: and I will cause to pass/and I will make pass/and I will lead
*taḥaṯ* *haššāḇeṭ*: under the rod/under the shepherd's staff [idiom for counting or examining sheep]
*wəhēḇēʾṯî*: and I will bring/and I will lead/and I will cause to enter
*bəmāsōreṯ*: in the bond/in the discipline/in the obligation
*habərîṯ*: the covenant/the agreement/the pact

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 33:13 : 13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.
Lev 27:32 : 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
Matt 25:32-33 : 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Ezek 16:59-60 : 59 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. 60 Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
Ezek 34:17 : 17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
Amos 3:2 : 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Lev 26:25 : 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Ps 89:30-32 : 30 If his children forsake{H8799)} my law, and walk{H8799)} not in my judgments; 31 If they break{H8762)} my statutes, and keep{H8799)} not my commandments; 32 Then will I visit{H8804)} their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

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